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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-02-24

We started equal in the race-nay. more,
Nc start, Il udud in hand--Iow good seemed
llfe,
How shouc tue little waves upon the shore
Where first we wandered; When ne called
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-02-11

Jail yet" said viii. when he had made
Clarence pull up in the fence corner.
and sop his team. 1t was only day
or two after the visit of the young
farmer and his sister to Helen, and the
youth was in no amiable mood.
"It's al! a blamed lie" said Clar-
ence.
aye can't buck agin' public senti-
ment, Clarry," said WIN. Public
sentiment is agin' her, and she's sure
to be convicted.
II don't care cent for public senti-
mcnt, VIII; she's innocent
Again Win gl'inned triumphantly.
"Peoplc are jist like Sheep" said
Clarence. There's always a bell
wether that all the rest follcr. II you
want them to go through gateway,
and the bcll-wether starts another di-
rection, then every doggon sheep goes
after him. It's jist so with people. Old
Jim Arnold is the bell-wethcr, and, al
though reason and humanity says he's
gone wrong. every fool will follow him.
Now, sometimes you see sheep that's
got more sense than the bcll-wcther.
He sees green grass to the right and
goes there. 1t makes no difference how
much the old bell-wether may ring his
bell and bleat. You call that sheep
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-02-11
Table Appointments.

For the perfectly-appointed table re-
fined taste has created and wealth
made possible a vast amount of pretty
articles. Particularly resplendent ara
tho examples Of the glass-cutters' art
and the silversmith's $ skin. Every thing
now that the most exacting taste can
require-vfrom the largest of epergne
to tho cutest. of little individual salt
cellars, cut in hundreds of sparkling
points-is made in cut glass. Oyster
plates are brought for every variety Of
oysters and the prettiest forks to
handle the tiniest or the largest. Indi-
vidual fish forks, with curled ivory
handles, are another luxury brought
ont for the modern table. There arc
also game pIatters aud p,st5s TO match
and carving sets with handles of col
ored ivory or cloisogne enamel, while
bowls of every size, including lettuce,
Orange and salad, with dishes 10 match,
fill another table requirement. n De-
frOiL Tribune. ttWNllig HttlIN
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-02-11

1oU LII tElOhr ON Mf, WILL iEF
you'll report on me, will yeP This
Is for reportin on me-" Crack, crack,
crack, came the whip. tearing up the
spare flesh and clothing. \
"Does anybody else want to reportP''
he said, hooking around.
The old man had fallen upon the
ground, and lay there begging the
brute to spare his life. Having satisfied
himself, the brutal keeper desisted.
The poor-house stood off the main
road and was completely isolated from
any other farm. There were neverany
visitors, and consequently no danger Of
a witness to Bills brutality.
Supper was announced at last, by the
ringing Of an old cow-bell, and little
Amos saw the wretched creatures,
whom he had held in such fear, run
ming out of the house into II long, low
shed where there was a long table. The
table was made Of rough oak boards on
which were rude dishes, bowls and
plates of wood, pewter, tin, and earth
enware, all of the cheapest and coafs-
est kind. Around this rude table,
which was greasy and devoid Of cover
ing Of any kind, were hard, backless
benches for the paupers to sit upOr..
"Ain't you goin' to support" said a
woman, with an idiotic giggle, as she
pccred in at the door, putting her dis
torted face almost against the terrified
child, One side Of her face was drawn,
and one eye almost closed from the
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-02-11
CHAPTER XVII.

.
There exists peculiar abstract nom
entity called public sentiment. We hard
lyknowhow to deiineit Itseems to be the
general running of minds in one direc-
tion. Usually there are one or two per-
sons in every community, neighbor-
hood or society who are local magnets,
and draw about them classof inferior
persons who follow their thoughts, and
ARE said to be molders of public senti-
ment. If they are right, public senti-
ment is right, if wrong, public senti-
ment is wrong. The great molder Of
public sentiment in the Sandy Fork
neighborhood was Judge Arnold. He
was authority on all questions, either
social or political, and when he took o
stand the other people, or a majority
at least. were sure to be with him. The
very fact that the Judge had filed COM
plant against Helen Lakeman, charg-
ing her with grand larceny, was
enough TO convince nearly every per-
son in the Sandy Fork neighborhood
that she was guilty.
"She's a poor girl, said Mr.. Taylor,
when discussing the matter with his
family, "but then she has fallen. 1t is
not the first girl who has fallen. The
temptationwas great and she was weak.
The Judge was, perhaps, little too
severe on her.
II don't pity her much, saiduMrs.l
Taylor; -shc was always little stuck
up ! thought, and 1t may be this will
lower her notch or two"
Helen's pretty face had caused many
to envy her. The prevailing opinion
was that she was guilty. Not voice,
save Clarence Stuart's and her attor-
ney's, was raised in her defense. Clar-
ence was loud in his protestations of
her innocence. He tried in every way
he could to get his brothers. address, so
that he might write to him, but his
father was careful that he should not
have 1t.
Clarence was plowing IN the field ono
day when Win Taylor, son Of Mr.. John
Taylor. the farmer whose farm Joined
Mr.. Arnold's, passed down the lane.
Win was one of those indolent fellows,
who enjoyed citing ch the fence and
talking on any subject better than
work.
"Well, clary, they've got that gal in
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-02-11
roPNoopY souELoHEn.
Cheerfui Chat Between u Loving Husband
and u Devoted Wife.

Cheerful Chat Between Loving Husband
and Devoted Wife.
Mr., Topnoody sat with his wife by
their reading table the other night in
reflective silence with book lying
open and useless before him and Mrs.
7. was busy with " piece of that rest
ful kind of needle-work all women re-
sort TO as a mental and physical re-
lief.
"My dear said Mr. Topnoody, after
awhile. "if / were to die would you
marry againPn
"Do you think of dyingp" she asked,
as if new interest had come into life.
"No, my dear, not particularly, but
it just occurred to me to ask the ques-
tion,n
"Well, Topnoody, to be frank with
you. l think 1 would
"Why, my dear, that is very incon.
sistcnt, v he said, in surprise
"Howp" she asked, sharply. I'm
not usually inconsistent. am | 2"
mo, my dear, but in this You are, for
you are always railing against married
life, and regrettng that you ever tried
1t, and all that
"But what has that got to do with
my marrying again"
"You don't want to repeat your
misery, do you. my dearPN
"Ofcourse Idon't. You | wouldn't
have to have You, Topnoody, for my
second husband.
Topnoody looked across the table at
her, but she kept straight ahead with
her work, and lie relapsed into silence.
= Washington Critic,
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-02-11
Powdered GLASS Paper.

Sandpaper is at present made with
powdered glass instead of sand. Glass
is readily pulyerized by heating il red
hot and throwing it into water, and
finishing the powdering in an iron
mortar. BY the use of sleeves Of differ
ent sizes OF mesh the powder can be
separated in various grades from the
finest dust to very coarse. and these
should be kept separate. A strong
paper is tackled down and covered
with strong size Of glue and the sur
face covered with powdered glass Of
the. desired iineness; when the glue
is dry the surplus glass Is shaken or
brushed of. Muslin Is better than
paper, and lasts much longer in use.
american Artisdn.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-02-11


The unfortunate beings who are sent
to the poor-house deserve the pity of the
entire human family. They are always
treated to the plainest, ooarsest food
and wearing apparel, and frequently
not enough Of that. The pool-house is
usually let out by contract TO the low
est bidder, and the contractor who
takes il as n job tries to make the most
out Of his job. Poor-house contractors
are not always humane men. They
often abuse their helpless victims, and
as they get so much per head for every
member. il is to their interest TO have
many, and feed them us cheaply rs
possible.
In the case Of Bill Jones contract,
Ike many others, ii was, what Is some
times called, political job. Bill fur
nishcd Arnold's man for collector of
revenue all the votes in his school
district, and Arnold. who had elected
the county justice. just as one or two
men sometimes do elect every officer in
their county, had Bill appointed poor
house keeper. We fear the county
justices did not look TO the interests Of
those unfortunatcs who depend on them
for the little comfort they require in
this world. They did not study the
physiognomy of those brutal features,
or consider the suffering he might
cause. But they rather considered
Al Al. a
votes by appointing him or the bcnev-
olent-looking man recommended by
his pastor as a suitable person. Preach
ers are not usually good electioneers. aud
consequently their recommendation
are hardly ever considered in the dis
tribution OF public patronage.
sod Blaze can preach like blue
blazcs." they thought. "but he didn't
help us To our office. and he can't do
any work TO re-elect us"
Bill Jones and a GALLON of rheap
whisky would carry moro votes on
olection dav than ali the sermons Old
Blaze might preach in six months. so
they gave the poorshouse. at Arnold's
suggestion. 10 Bill Jones. whom we
find the proprietor when little Amos
Lakcman is entered. by order of Ar
mold. a paupcr. The little fellow sat
for a long time in his hard chair, after
his piteous call for his sister He was
silent now. Those wretchcd creatures
had snarIed at him like wolves when
,ho,. ha.,.l h;n, and I, soa,,,oJ a.. 10
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-02-11

"A fifteen-year-old Kansaf girl SC.
cured q divorce recently.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-02-11
HELEN LAKEMAN;
The Story OF a Young Girls Strug-
gle With Adversity.


AUTHOR or "TuE BANKER OF BRDToRD,"
"WAprER BRowNPELD," ETC.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-02-11

Sam Jones says he would rather
play "seven-up for ten dollarsa game
than deal in futures" But, after all,
what is reyivalism but dealing in flu
tufe p Minneapolis Tribune.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-02-11

Since they introduced "Lullaby''
into the "Chimes Of Normandy" and
.'Ncarer, Ny God. 10 Thee into
"Faustn and "The Last Rose of Sum-
mcr' into ihe "Alikado' il is pretty
hard TO tell whether you arc attending
a nursery, g. prayer meeting, a singing
school or an opera, They ought to
draw the line somewhere. Boston
Herald
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-05-12

furnished by the sea, had protected
and defended that country from the
!, With the wreck of the. Armada
disappeared the naval superiority and
championship before heldvby Spain.
And from that period dates the mod
ern life and awakening of English
commerce. English merchants, still
more than English soldiers,
have carried the meteor flag of
England around the globe, and syl-
tabled the English tongue amid the
roar of all seas and waters. Questions
of property, or in other words, ques-
tions of commerce, originated the great
revolutions which have given shape
and value to the English constitution.
While coming nearer home, we find
the merchant of Boston raising the
first cry for American Independence,
heard from Faneuil Hall, and the mer.
chants of Charleston first and foremost
among the "rebels of '76." The rev.
olution over, and Independence
achieved, it was commercial neces-
stiles and the recognized need of a
regulated system of a foreign inter
course that originated the Constitu-
ton, so that our pre- sent Union
may be considered as pledging the
States first forming it to the dignity,
importance and influence of commerce.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-05-12
@ashes Of gnm.

A ring round the o is said to be a
sign of rain. And a ring around girls
finger is also a sign of reign.
Landlady-"Ca you tell me what is
| good for ~bedbugs?" Fogg-"Seems to me
that Fat boarders ought to satisfy EN-"
Deacon It pains me, Mr.. Boggs, to
see you coming out of a bar-room." Boggs
MAAn right, Deaconl Anything to save
your f%eelin's. I'll go right in again.
Judge. IL 80
Young lady" Isn't this child a little
FrenchmanF' Nurse-"I cannot, tell;
the father is az German, the mother
French" Young lady-"Ah, then we
shall not be able to find out until the little
fellow can speak"
Freddie, did you 60 to school today"
"Yes'm:" "Did you learn anything
new?" "Yes'm." "What was it, my
boy?" "I got on to a sure way of get
TIM out for an hour by snufin red ink up
nay ose."-Erchange.
"Jane," said a father, II thought you
hated stingy people, and yet your young
man--" s"Why pa, who said he was
stingy?" ooh, nobody" replied pa.
"only 1 could see he was a little close as
I passed through the room.".
"Im going to a masquerade ball this
he said to the costumar. What is your
ausiness?" "I'm a milkman." dAh!
then you'd better put OF a pair of pumps
and go disguised as a waterfall"
"Mr. JONES'" said little Johnny to that
gentleman, who was making an afternoon
call, lean whisky TALK" "No, my child.
How can you ask such a question 2" ooh,
nothing, only ma said whisky was begin
ming to tell on you"
A man was found dead on the floor of
his room at a Boston hotel the other
morning. He had been killed through
the escape of gas. "Sad" said a boarder
speaking of the event. 81 should say it
was. Over three thousand feet gone
AT can never express my love for you,"
he said in a burst Of emotion as his arm
frightened about her waist, and she helped
him out of the difficulty in a breath of
girlish intuition by suggesting that he
"eould send it all by mail for three cents"
An exchange in a tone Of
sui PlASC &. Liz SLdI dIu SAdll LID
been dancing at a ball." We fail to see
anything very strange about that. Even
in this country married people sometimes
dance together, if absolutely necessary to
make up a set.
Old lawyer Ito young partner-"Did
you draw up old Moneybag's will ?"
Young partner-"Yes, sir, and so tight
that all the relatives in the world cannot
find a flaw in it." Oldlawyer with some
disgust)-"T The next time there is a will
to be drawn I'll do it myself"
What are we to think of the lady who
sent to her minister, Mr.. Risk, of Dalserf,
a polite message that "he should clean his
teeth" and received the answer that "she
should scrape her tongue!" When his
people sent a deputation requesting him
to tell them more in his ermon about
~renouncing their own righteousness, he
tartly replied, cit is the first time I heard
that you had any righteousness to re-
nounce."
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-05-12
COMMERC

Egypt, by common consent and ira
dition. the mother of art and sciences,
was also the mother of commerce,
which was thence diffused along the
shores Of the Mediterranean. Pheni-
clan commerce gave letters to Greece,
and Greek traders and merchants
created the spirit and nursed the men
that fought at Salamis. The splendid
career of Pericles, the golden age of
Grecian art and genius, was the re-
suit and consequence of commercial
enterprise and progress. 1t was Ath-
ems, the most commercial Of the Gre
clan States, that still ruled the world
by her genius and the rich legacy of
thought and mind she had b~equeathed.
Rome, in her origin and early career,
more rude, warlike. and anti.commer1
cial than Greece, yielded at length to
the elevating and refining influence of
commerce, and only distinguished her.
self in the world of mind, after thus
becoming commercial. The great
code of law, the most lasting result of
Roman civilization, was developed by
the wants and necessities of commerce.
What remains now of old Rome thus
attests the ennobling, dignifying and
.vivifying spirit of commerce.
The discovery of the India passage
by De Cana, and the still more brill
liant discovery of a new and untried
world by the adventurous merchant
and navigator of Genoa, mark the age
when mind first began tor throw off
letters that had weighed it down for
ages, and to this age the origin of
modern commerce may be assigned,
! Spain and Portugal,y soon losing the
lead which, circumstances had given
them in the commercial world, were
reached and surpassed by more fortu-
nate rivals.
The, sturdy Honander had not only
enriched%a country by the tributeslof
commerce. but. by the very wealth
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-05-12
Tar Heel Liniment.

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Relief of Diarrhea, Dysentery, Cholera
Morbus, Cramps, Cramp Collie, Kid
ney Complaint, Gravel in Bladder,
Pains in Stomach and Bowels, Rheuma-
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Bruises, spraihs, Nettlerash, Poison Oak,
Itch, Frost Bites, etc. iaA.
~ Remember TARzHEEL LINIMBNr.
Ask your druggist or merchant for it and
take no other. 1t is the Best, ,Su7ex and
Safest Li1niment on the market. Price SO
cents per bottle: Sold'By Druggists and
Merchants generally. Send for testi-
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HOUSTON & EMERSON,
Sole Propafetors and anaffaeturers,
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-2lA9m ss;.s:<i-.4 Winston, N. G.
The Newtown bee., 1887-12-16
Mrs George c. Stahrs Case.

The subject of Faith cures has received considerable attention in the thriving Ohio city of Toledo, where Rev Mr Simpson has recently conducted Christian convention. The Toledo papers give considerable at tention to the case of Mrs GeorgeC. Stahl, formerly Miss Julia Fairchild of Newtown. The Commercial speaks of her as very estimable and intelligent lady and she tells it's reporter that. besides her spinal trouble, she has been cured of congestion of the lungs since her return home and also of pain that fingered in the left lung. She says, "The faith cure Is not alone a faith that the Lord can cure, but that he will cure. We must believe that, when We accept the faith, the healing is done and the Lord may do it in his own way. It need not be by an instantaneous and con- plete cure unless He so wills it. The lay ing on of the hands is not the cure. That is done by the Lord. The soul must be right before the body can be healed.'
 Mrs Stahl told the story of her cure be- fore the convention and said that these words of her little boy Willie We're the turning point. accepted as mess age from Heaven: Mamma. why don't you trust Jesus? You can't expect Jesus 10 help ycT if you don't trust Him." "Wiliie. 1 will. she replied and at once went 10 the na
 tionai convention at the Faith home. Tn, Blade says that she has since been strong Toledo shortly afterward. her friends l lady. Her sudden healing was no strng
 gle, she said. nor grappling after some
 thing wonderful. It was simple trust.
The Newtown bee., 1887-12-16
TRUMBULL.

The subject of mind cuTe has bren again discussed in he ZEE aRd the public ad- vised tailonk into the matter for them selves. The suggestion is a good one, as a slight examination of the system ought to be quite sufficient to reveal its absurdi- ties. Here is a class of persons claiming to heal all diseases in the same manner and by the same power as did the disciples of Christ. But their practice scarcely bears out the claim, as no faith is requir- ed of the patient. whereas all healing mir acles performed by the disciples was done solely through faith in His name" One who has practiced recently, not many miles from this vicinity,wa ID avowed in- fidel One of the leading Christian scien- lists also ayers that ''prayer to personal God is of no avail. A glance through the published works of the leaders in this movement reveals some curious state ments It is asserted that there is no such thing as pain, inflammation or sickness, but simply a belief in their existence springing from disordered mind; that poisons, as arsenic, etc, cannot cause sick ness or death, neither can alcohol lntoxl- cate more than milk, except for this false belief. Neither diet. rest nor exercise IS of any importance and food is really un- necessary to sustain life. No disease caa | bal iIfe the healer aD0 as Tor DTohcu DputS, | dislocatlans, etc, to use the word of the originator of the system, Christian sci 1 ence is ti Aost skillful surgeon. Anoth- CT says -L4at this system will make us younger at 70 than at IT. Now. in the l face of>such preposterous claims and statements as these, is 1t wise to discard
 the family doctor at present? Although the exercise of that charity that suffer
 eth long and IS kind" is gresaiy to he de-
 sired it does not by anyymeans follow that we should keep silent concerning false doctrine that arises. or refrain from
 advancing our own honest opinions.
 The large hollow oak on Mrs Philc I Reed land. estimated to be over 150 year; old and we'll known land mark, has beer
 cut down.
 Prof Sam B. Sterling. who signs him self the long distance bicycle wheelman O Connecticut, writes from Jacksonville
 Florida, that he arrived there Novembe
 20 and. next day. the thermometer wa } down to 26 degrees above zero. It ha } been warmer since. up to so degrees They are shipping thousands of boxes o oranges North and Prof Sam finds fin l wheeling on the shsll read and the street : laid with wooden blocks. He is in frs
 class health and talks of starting hom
 about the first of March
The Newtown bee., 1887-12-16
NICHOLS.

The sociable of Trinity. parish, which was to have been held last week. was post poned till Friday evening, 18th, at the residence of Charles J. Thorpe.
 Stanley Nichols is employed at Husted's s crockery store in Bridgeport
 Charles Thorpe is painting Mrs George Ambers residence.
 Charles Amber has had his horse shed shingled; Daniel Nichols did the work.
 Philip Smith has been confined to the house by sickness for several days.
 H.. L. Phillips daughter Grace remains in about the same condition; still very Ill
 Ebert Nichols is recovering from his injuries underline care of Dr Starkweather
 An aims chest has been placed In the in terior of Trinity church at convenient point, to receive the aims of those who feel disposed proceeds to be added to tht repair fund of the parish. It is hopee that It may be we'll filled. as there ar' many uses for the money.
The Newtown bee., 1887-12-16

The time has come when it is the proper thing for one to blow their own horn. Sterling Bros.. 3a6 Main street Bridgeport the well known and lea ling crockery merchants. wish it to be sound ed far and near that their mammoth store, con- prising more square feet than any other house in the State Is packed from top to bottom with rich and elegant goods. both imported and domestic, in dinner ware. tea and toilet sets. Hayiland french chma in great variety, fancy hanging and stand lamps Rogers plated ware, bIie a brac suit able for wedding presents, parlor ornaments. Christmas gifts. This enterprising house have made extensive arrangements for the holiday season; with their increased facilities catering to their patrons. they anticipate continuance of their already large trade Those wishing to see a really grand display of fine goods al reasonable prices will do we'll to call on this house.